A Thousand Hills

Chapter 141

There is nothing surprising about the knowledge of the Crown Princess, not to mention that Xie Moru didn't know, even if Xie Moru knew, she wouldn't take it to heart.The Crown Princess is only one of those who can say that.

After a few days, the fifth prince came home and said to her, "The fourth brother asked me about the treasure map."

Xie Moru said, "Then you probably know everything you should know."

The fifth prince resentfully said, "I don't know who is so hateful. The old lady talks nonsense. You are helping the emperor with good intentions, but now people are suspicious. It's fine if it's true. Now it's It's useless to bear the false name, but also to be suspected by others." Wronged for his wife.

Xie Moru remained calm, and persuaded the fifth prince, "There is nothing in the world, and nothing is disturbing. Your Highness don't need to pay attention to these things. By the way, the third princess's mansion just came to announce the good news, and said that the third princess had a daughter. Remember, your highness, the day after tomorrow Let's go eat Sanjiu."

The fifth prince nodded, sitting next to his wife and said, "Why do you think people are so bad. They spread such rumors just after your birthday, they must be jealous of us."

"It's good that your Highness knows well." Jealousy is small, and Xie Moru is not afraid of jealousy, but those ministers who have benefited from the process of Emperor Mu Yuan's personal administration must not miss this opportunity.

The fifth prince thought about it, "Say, who is talking outside? Although the third brother is in charge of the punishment department, I don't think the third brother is such a talkative person. Besides, the third brother and I are blood brothers, and the relationship has always been good. , you and the third brother are cousins, and there is still a Taizhang in the Ministry of Punishment, so it is unlikely that the third brother said this."

Xie Moru smiled, "If you think about it, you will have no head. If you have a grudge against me or you, if you know about this, you will not let this opportunity go. Your Highness and grandfather will strictly prohibit the Ministry of Punishment from leaking this matter, but There are too many people in the Ministry of Punishment, even if there is a secret interrogation, as long as the person has been passed, the person will have a mouth. A feels that B's mouth is tight, so he whispers to B, and B feels that Ding is an honest person, and then tells Ding, and so on. Ten, ten rumors will be known to everyone. However, if this matter has been reported for a long time, it may be a leak from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but the fact that this matter spread so quickly has cleared the suspicion of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It’s definitely not an oversight by the Ministry of Punishment, but if I ask you, it might be someone from the side of the assassin.”

"Didn't the assassin be arrested?"

"Have you finished catching it? Have you caught it clean?" Xie Moru squinted at the fifth prince and said, "Your Highness, you don't know which snake you attracted back then?"

The Fifth Prince had thought about this himself, scratched his chin and asked his wife, "Is it really related to the Jingjiang Palace?"

"I don't know the specific things here, but even if it is related, the Jingjiang Palace is not easy to be caught. The matter of the secret storehouse is not considered a secret. It's just that the predecessors have passed away, and now there are fewer people who know about it. It is a secret. Not to mention others, the two sons and two daughters of the Empress Shizu, Princess Ningrong, and King Jingjiang must all know something about it. Such a good opportunity, how could they not tell the outside world. They leaked a little bit of news, and we People who have grudges and grudges, even if they know it's not true, are happy to fan the flames."

The fifth prince deeply felt that what his wife said was reasonable, the fifth prince was a rough man with a subtlety, he said, "It's useless for them to fan the wind and light the fire, they are not the masters of this court."

The fifth prince was extremely curious, "Daughter-in-law, how did you know about the secret warehouse?" His daughter-in-law was only one year older than him, so he didn't know it at all.

Xie Moru smiled, "I have a collection of books in my family. I don't know who made the annotations in the book. I didn't understand it at first. Later, I ordered someone to ask His Majesty, and I understood."

The fifth prince was speechless, "You asked someone to ask your father, did your father tell you?"

Xie Moru faintly smiled.

The fifth prince deeply felt that he had asked nonsense, if his father hadn't explained it to his wife, how could the two of them set such a measure.

There are a lot of mysterious rumors outside, the fifth prince will not suffer this kind of loss, and he had a chat with his emperor father about it when he entered the palace on the second day, Emperor Mu Yuan said, "I know this matter myself, You don't need to say much."

The Fifth Prince sighed and asked his father, "Father, why do you think there are so many villains in this world?"

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Since you know that the villain is spreading some gossip, why bother to be distracted by it. Don't pay attention to it, the rumor will be self-defeating."

The fifth prince sincerely said, "I don't need to worry if I want to have your realm, father."

The Fifth Prince was always casual in front of his father, and Emperor Mu Yuan also showed some casualness when talking to him, and smiled, "You are free all day long, so you think about things."

The Fifth Prince said, "My son is busy, and he just took a break, and the yamen is not idle on weekdays."

"I'll be busy for a while and rest for a while, but I don't know what to hear from you." Emperor Mu Yuan put down his pen, took a sip of tea, and said, "I have an errand for you. The palace in Linyuan has been in disrepair for a long time, go and have a look, what's going on?" At first, the five princes did a good job in repairing the Tangquan Palace, and Emperor Mu Yuan felt that the five sons did a good job in these repairs of the palace. have experience.Therefore, this mission was given to him again.

The fifth prince agreed, and said, "The imperial palace is at the forest farm. Last year, my son went hunting in the forest farm and glanced at it. The outside looks a bit old. What's the matter? My son will go there tomorrow."

Emperor Mu Yuan nodded, "Go down."

The fifth prince got a new errand in the palace, and went home to reassure his daughter-in-law, "Father is very clear in his heart, you just need to rest assured."

"With His Highness here, I have nothing to worry about." Xie Moru heard him explain that he would go to Yulin Garden tomorrow, and said, "The Department of Internal Affairs has chosen someone? Who is His Highness going to take in our mansion?"

"The Department of Internal Affairs is Xu Langzhong, who accompanied me to build Tangquan Palace last time. In the mansion, Xiao Yingzi is asked to follow me. In addition, Xu Zhong often goes out with me. The rest can be accompanied by twenty guards."

Xie Moru thought for a while, and ordered Ziteng to go to make some salutes, and said, "The Royal Forest Garden is not small, and one day may not be enough to inspect the house."

The fifth prince said, "I'm thinking about three or five days before I can come back, and at the latest I won't miss the Mid-Autumn Festival. Where is the third emperor, please tell me."

Xie Moru agreed, and said, "Don't worry, the third princess has always been sensible and generous. The three baptisms are mostly women's affairs. If your highness is in the imperial capital, you should be an uncle. Since I have an errand, I will do it alone. It’s the same when going.” He asked again, “Did your Highness talk to Mother and Concubine?”

"I've already said it. The Yamen also made it clear."

Xie Moru didn't ask anymore.

On the second day, the fifth prince left the city early in the morning with the doctor, craftsman and attendants of the Department of Internal Affairs, and went straight to Yulin Garden.Xie Moru sent him away, seeing that the time was about the same, he packed up and went to the third princess's mansion to attend the third baptism of the eldest daughter of the third princess.

Xie Moru doesn't have much friendship with the third princess, it's just a matter of face, first told the third princess why the fifth prince can't come, the third princess is still in confinement, her head and face are tidy, and there is an autumn-colored clip behind her waist With a soft pillow, he smiled and talked to his sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law, saying, "Since the fifth brother has an errand, it is the same for the fifth sister-in-law."

Xie Moru looked at the little doll in the car, and smiled, "This child was born really well, the third sister is very lucky."

The fourth concubine Hu smiled, "I know you like little girls, and I also look forward to having girls. Why don't you come here early to enjoy the blessing of the third sister, and I only hope that my baby will be a girl."

The third concubine Chu said, "This child looks like the third sister, so handsome."

The eldest concubine Cui said, "The eyebrows and nose look like a son-in-law." Her natal family is related to Tang's son-in-law's family, and Cui has met Tang's son-in-law.

The third princess is the respected princess, and it is the first child. The son and daughter are all happy. Seeing that everyone praises her child, they are naturally happy. Just knock the roof off."

Cui smiled, "There is no one who doesn't cry in a child's house. A bright voice shows that the child is strong."

The crown princess has a noble status and lives in the palace, so she came the latest.The Crown Princess is wearing a scarlet vermilion phoenix robe and a phoenix crown with eight tails on her head. She is majestic and elegant. As soon as she came in, everyone got up one after another.The Crown Princess is very easy-going, waving her hand doesn't require sisters-in-law and aunts to salute.

Mrs. Cui wanted to give up the seat to the Crown Princess, but the Crown Princess smiled, "Sister-in-law just sit." She sat directly beside the third princess' bed, and the third princess was also very polite, bowing her body in the bed, saying, "children The three rites of baptism at home, how dare the working mother come in person."

The Crown Princess is known for her coolness in the royal family, and said with a smile, "Hey, this is outrageous. The third sister is young, you don't know, I used to be the most lively when I was outside the palace. The little girl's washing Sanli, how can I, as an aunt, not come? The prince originally wanted to come, but he was afraid that the extravagance of this and that would disturb your peace. Let me just say it, and it will be the same if I go. "

Hearing the intimacy of the crown princess, the three princesses were delighted, and said with a smile, "The crown prince has to govern with his father every day, so I dare not disturb you lightly. It's just the three rites, and I'm flattered that the empress came here in person."

The Crown Princess looked at the child again, praised the child fiercely, and said, "Our sister-in-law and sister-in-law, the elder sister-in-law and the third younger sister are the most blessed, the daughter-in-law is good, and the daughter-in-law is caring."

Princess Changtai also said, "Yes, my aunt said the same when she knew that the third sister had given birth to a little girl." Her family did not worry about her son either.

The princess smiled, "I was just talking, why didn't I see my aunt? On such a day, my aunt has always liked girls, so she will never stop coming."

Princess Changtai smiled, "The servants in the imperial grandmother's palace came to the aunt's mansion early in the morning. I thought the imperial grandmother had something to do, and my aunt went to the palace. Before entering the palace, she asked me to bring the three rites."

Since there was a call from the Mercy Palace, the Crown Princess didn't ask any more questions, instead she looked at Xie Moru and joked, "Have you heard anything new?"

Xie Moru smiled, "Is there anything new in the imperial capital now? I don't know."

The Crown Princess jokingly said, "It is said that the fifth sibling has a treasure map in their hands."

Xie Moru sat on the lower head of the fourth concubine, with his hands folded on his knees, and he didn't even move his eyebrows when he heard what the concubine said, and said with a smile, "There is nothing in the world, and people are disturbing themselves. Why doesn't the concubine understand this truth?" gone?"

The smile on the princess's face stagnated, and then she raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Oh, tell the fifth sibling that we are all mediocre?"

Xie Moru looked at the princess with a half-smile, "Whoever believes is a mediocre."

The princess was so hung up that Xie Moru was choking, but fortunately she was a person who could smooth things over, and said with a smile, "Hey, just because I don't want to be a mediocre person, I can't believe it." Then she exposed the matter up.

Princess Yongfu said, "It's not that we are mediocre, it's that Princess Xie is too wise."

Xie Moru smiled, "You are wise and dare not be, but you are still calm. If you are calm, you think less, and if you think less, you don't have a lot of ideas. We are not like the people outside. Those people outside think about making progress, thinking about fame, thinking about the future, thinking about the future. It is a good thing to have more. In our royal family, it is a blessing to think less."

Princess Changtai already had a lot of meaning when she heard this, she hurriedly changed the subject, "Oh, just talk, third sister, the time to wash San'er is coming soon, isn't it?"

The third concubine Wu also asked the third princess, "Third sister, do you have all the things ready for the third?"

"Ready." Today is her daughter's three baptisms, the third princess is really afraid that Xie Moru will turn against the princess, the third princess asked the maid, "What time is it?"

In fact, it was still early, the third princess said, "Go and check the things in Xisan again, don't leave anything behind."

Everyone talked about things like washing three things, treasure maps and so on. The princess concubine got a choke on her own status, and they didn't want to touch this nail.

The Crown Princess hit a snag, and others were lucky enough to watch the fun, but the First Princess, Cui Shi, felt a little gloating. , the eldest sister-in-law and the third younger sister are the most blessed, the daughter is good, and the daughter is caring.".When the Crown Princess said this, Cui Shi was already somewhat displeased.How can she compare with the three princesses, the three princesses are born noble, and the Tang family is only happy when she gives birth to a son and daughter, but as the eldest concubine of the emperor, Cui has two daughters in a row, the pressure is not small, the princess also said In this case, coupled with the fact that the First Prince and the Crown Prince had long been at odds, when Cui heard what the Crown Princess said, no matter how generous she was, she felt angry.

It's just that there is a difference in rank and inferiority, the Crown Princess is the Crown Princess, and what the Crown Princess said is so inaccurate that people can't tell the truth, therefore, Cui could only bear it even if she was displeased.Seeing that Wu Shi is suffering from Xie Moru now, Cui Shi is naturally happy.

After eating and washing three wines, I went back to the mansion in the afternoon and met my husband in the evening. Cui Shi even told her husband once, Cui Shi said, "The crown princess also asked the fifth sibling if she knew it was a rumor. Who doesn't feel troubled by gratitude, hey, it's no wonder the fifth sibling is angry."

The eldest prince was amused first, and asked, "The old five family members and the princess are strangling to death?" Could it be that there is such a good show?
"Look what your Highness said, we are the princess concubine, not street shrews. The princess concubine has a noble status, so I have to give her some face. It's just that I don't like the tone of my fifth sibling." Cui patted her husband. With a note of his arm, "Your Highness, don't have fun here. In the past, Your Highness only said that His Highness Fifth is close to the Crown Prince, but think about it, Your Highness, aren't you and His Highness Fifth brother siblings? Human hearts are fleshy. You treat Fifth Highness Your Highness is well, the friendship will naturally be established. I think the fifth sibling is quite troubled by the rumors, so Your Highness should comfort the Fifth Highness." Don't be so stupid!With such a good opportunity, the Crown Princess will suffer from Xie Moru's failure, so she must be unhappy.Xie Moru is not easy to provoke, the Queen Mother can't even please her in front of her.The women are already in a half-turned state, and the men have an opportunity here.Last time the eldest prince was in a daze and let gossiping about the Fifth Prince's House, this time he just needs to ease it up a bit.

Although the eldest prince sometimes gets dizzy, he is smart if he wants to say it. He thought about it, clapped his hands and smiled, "You are right. I don't care much about matters between women, so you should comfort the fifth sibling."

The husband finally said something normal, Cui Shi heaved a sigh of relief, and heard her husband say, "Tell me, does the Laowu family really have a treasure map or something?"

Cui raised her eyebrows, "Why don't you go down and ask the fifth sibling?"

The eldest prince will not mention it here, Cui Shi ordered people to pass on the dinner.

The story of the concubine being deflated was spread all over the royal family that day, mainly at the three baptisms of the parents and daughters of the three princesses, and in front of the sisters-in-law. Everyone saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears. clear.As for Princess Yongfu who is supporting the Crown Princess, many people do not know what purpose they have, and they have a tacit understanding to skip Princess Yongfu. It’s bound to be biased.”

Of course, in this matter, Xie Moru's reputation is also mediocre.However, Xie Moru was always criticizing her, and everyone said she was nothing more than, "She was already a formidable person." These words were really not fresh enough for Xie Moru.

The concubine first complained to the prince, "I'm just joking, but the fifth sibling will take it seriously."

The prince said, "You too, what are you talking about. The emperor understands this matter better than anyone else in his heart. No one in our royal family knows the temper of the fifth sibling. Who can please her with her mouth? Just look at the fifth brother and sister's temper." You shouldn't mention my brother's face, just pretend that you don't know." If you have doubts in your heart, you have doubts, so why are you so stupid to say it.Even the officials of the East Palace had doubts about Xie Moru, but everyone kept it in their hearts, his wife was too quick to talk.

The princess was complained by her husband, so she could only continue to sigh bitterly, "Just make fun of her casually, since she is so petty, I won't say anything in the future."

"Don't be like this in the future, it hurts." The fifth prince has always had a good relationship with him, not to mention that in recent years, the fifth prince has not been able to do his best, and now he is going to overhaul the Yuqian Garden, and he has face in the imperial court. Woolen cloth?The fifth prince has always defended Xie Moru, so the gain outweighs the loss.

(End of this chapter)